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Welcome to Fleep’s Deep Thoughts

I am Fleep and Fleep is me. This blog is a compilation of personal and professional interests, thoughts about technology,  education, culture, politics, and other things I find on the web or in the metaverse that I think are worth discussing.

My area of specialty is virtual worlds and education, particularly Second Life, but I also study webapps and social media services, podcasting, blogging & wikis in the classroom, and how these social networking phenomena are impacting our culture. I frequently give lectures and workshops to faculty and administrators in higher education institutions, but I’ve also spoken to K-12 audiences, businesses, and community groups.

We are at the very beginning of a cultural revolution fueled by the Net, the emerging metaverse, and advances in science, engineering, and biotechnology. We live in exciting times indeed and all of the new information and behaviors these technologies enable will radically alter our everyday lives. Many of these changes are already visible if you know where to look.

Though the pace of this change can be frightening, we, as well as the social, political, and economic institutions we belong to, must think deeply and seriously about the benefits and the dangers these changes might bring. I am on a continuous journey learning about these technologies and thinking about their potential cultural impact, and I hope this blog will help you learn about them too.

Thanks for visiting.

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